Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> An Odd Marriage: the Creative Commons-Microsoft Tool's EULA
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Creative Commons has announced that you can download a tool now
> | from Microsoft that will attach a Creative Commons license of your
> | choice to any Word, Excel or Powerpoint document. As much as I
> | appreciate Creative Commons, I think you should look at the EULA
> | and read it carefully before you say "I do."
> `----
>
> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060621211919623
This "add-in" is very b0rken.
1. The "Creative Commons Validation Assistant" doesn't start.
2. The "Creative Commons Genuine Advantage plugin" doesn't start.
3. Saved Documents contain no DRM encryption.
4. The "add-in" doesn't crash.
This is obviously b0rken and I demand my money back immediately.
Having inspected the "source" carefully, I think I have isolated the
problem:
1. Replace all occurrences of the word "flexible" with the word
"proprietary".
2. Replace all occurrences of the word "freedoms" with the phrase "no
warranty".
3. Throw in a few "we reserve the right" and "you may not" phrases at
random locations.
There, much better.
Ooh, ooh, don't forget to mention the word "Cuba". We don't like Cuba.
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K.
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